Full Liverpool squad available for Sparta Prague with Mohamed Salah and Ryan Gravenberch decisions
Liverpool are busy gearing up for their return to Europa League action as they face Sparta Prague.
The Reds return to Anfield for the second leg of their last-16 tie in the competition. Liverpool hold a 5-1 advantage from the first league at the Letna Stadion last week, and will be hoping to secure a spot in the quarter-final.
Darwin Nunez scored a brace in the first leg, with Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister and Luis Diaz also on the score sheet. Now Jurgen Klopp will be busy deciding what line-up he will pick for the game, while being mindful of the FA Cup quarter-final against Manchester United that awaits this weekend.
Klopp will be forced to be without several key players due to injury. Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Curtis Jones, Diogo Jota, Thiago Alcantara, Joel Matip, Stefan Bajcetic and Ben Doak are all unavailable for the Reds due to injury.
Mohamed Salah is still building up his fitness after several weeks on the sidelines with injury. The Egyptian has made substitute appearances from the bench in each of Liverpool's last two matches, and Klopp stated that there is still caution around their star forward going into the match on Thursday.
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“I am not sure he is ready for 90 minutes or that we should do 90 minutes but he is ready to start," Klopp told reporters on Wednesday. "He would've been ready to start the last game but you don't know how long does it makes sense.
"It is always the problem when players come back. I can’t remember a game where I thought, 'Ah, Mo Salah cannot play, no problem' – it has never
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